No More Mal-Kahn-Tent - External Tibias - Dr Parihar

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Damn that's rough dude at least you had your surgery paid and recovered so you can go on the job hunt right away.

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Hey Kilo if you had to redo your LL experience would you do external only again or would you do LON?

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So I tested for chronic exertional compartment syndrome today. Not exactly a fun experience as they put an injection in all 4 compartments of each leg and then stick a tube connected to a pressure monitor in each compartment afterward. They recorded the resting pressures and then had me run on a treadmill until the pain started. Next they inserted the tube into each compartment again and recorded the after-exercise pressures. Involved getting poked a total of 24 times and my legs are still sore after hours.

Confirmed I have CECS in the anterior compartment of each leg. Pressure shouldn't be higher than a reading of 12 in any compartment after exercising, but the left anterior compartment had a pressure reading of 36 and my right had a reading of 42. If I can get my surgery scheduled for this month, then I'm covered. If not, I have to see how much it would cost to extend my coverage a little longer.

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Sorry to hear about that. I'm wondering whether your symptoms of CECS occurs after exercising or does it even occur during inactive days?
You did mention in a previous post that your legs would often "fall asleep", is that the reason why the doctors wanted to check for CECS or do you face any other symptoms of CECS?

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Would like to know if its mandatory to get surgery for CECS or does it go away non surgically. I hate scars and would like to avoid getting too many.

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Quote from: TRS on April 13, 2017, 04:13:35 AMSorry to hear about that. I'm wondering whether your symptoms of CECS occurs after exercising or does it even occur during inactive days?
You did mention in a previous post that your legs would often "fall asleep", is that the reason why the doctors wanted to check for CECS or do you face any other symptoms of CECS?

They referred me to a foot and ankle specialist to test for it because even after going on an exercise regimen for a month I'd still have pain when running or walking on an incline. It's possible that the falling asleep sensation might have something to do with it, but not sure. MDOW had the same issue after CLL and he said fasciotomy got rid of it so I think this will work.

Quote from: cole slaws on April 13, 2017, 04:51:53 AMWould like to know if its mandatory to get surgery for CECS or does it go away non surgically. I hate scars and would like to avoid getting too many.

If it's truly CECS then it's unlikely that anything other than fasciotomy will cure it. If you hate scars then unfortunately you're gonna have to stick with internals, because otherwise you'll end up with a whole lot of dots around your legs.

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Im okay with the external tibia scars since theyre pretty small and can be corrected through scar revision surgery, besides it kind of makes for a cool story. The scar from a fasectomy seems wayyy too big for my comfort zone. Can I ask if the CECS is really bad or can you sort of live with it?

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best of luck Kilo!

is this a possibility with femur lengthening too?

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Quote from: cole slaws on April 13, 2017, 12:26:32 PMIm okay with the external tibia scars since theyre pretty small and can be corrected through scar revision surgery, besides it kind of makes for a cool story. The scar from a fasectomy seems wayyy too big for my comfort zone. Can I ask if the CECS is really bad or can you sort of live with it?

If you run semi-regularly or even want to do recreational sports or hike, CECS is freaking terrible. It starts off as not a big deal but when it happens all the time without fail you then focus on it a lot. Also, if there were ever any situation where you had to run away from someone, you'd be screwed.

Quote from: alps on April 13, 2017, 03:33:46 PMbest of luck Kilo!

is this a possibility with femur lengthening too?

It mostly happens as acute compartment syndrome after injury. CECS is very rare in the thighs because the compartments are so big compared to the ones in shins.

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Quote from: KiloKAHN on April 14, 2017, 01:38:16 AMIf you run semi-regularly or even want to do recreational sports or hike, CECS is freaking terrible. It starts off as not a big deal but when it happens all the time without fail you then focus on it a lot. Also, if there were ever any situation where you had to run away from someone, you'd be screwed.

It mostly happens as acute compartment syndrome after injury. CECS is very rare in the thighs because the compartments are so big compared to the ones in shins.
Did regular long distance walking or prolonged standing ever provoke the onset of CECS, for example relaxed walking for 30 mins and long duration standing?

How long would the pain last and did you take painkillers?